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A. T. BALLANTIN'E.

OILING APPARATUS FOR VERTICAL ENGINES.

No. 310,018. Patented Dec. 30, 1884.

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ALEXANDER T. BALLANTINE, OF GENEVA, OHIO, ASSIGNOR IO ELLA B.BALLANTINE, OF SAME PLACE.

OILING APPARATUS FOR VERTICAL ENGINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 310,018, dated December30, 1884.

Application filed March 11, 1884.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER T. BALLAN- TINE, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Geneva, in the county of Ashtabula and State ofOhio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in OilingApparatus for Vertical Engines; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and toletters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part ofthis specification.

My invention relates more particularly to apparatus for oiling certainmovable parts of vertical engines; and it consists,substantially, of anovel and improved arrangement and combination of devices whereby thecontacting surfaces of. the guide-blocks and ways in which they traveland the movable journals are automatically supplied with the requiredamount of lubricating-oil at each stroke ofthe piston.

I will now proceed to more definitely describe the manner in which Ihave carried out my invention, it being understood that it issusceptible of considerable variation in its adaptation to the differentstyles of vertical engines without departing from the limits thereof.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of one form of verticalengine, showing the application thereto of my improved oiling apparatus.Fig. 2 is a front elevation of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section taken on theline 00 a" of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 is a section taken on the line 3 y ofFig. 2.

Referring to the drawings, a is the framework of the vertical engine,which supports the cylinder Z) and steam chest I).

o is the piston-rod, rigidly secured to the cross-rod d, which has aguide-block, d, at each end, adapted to travel in the guideways e in theframe a.

f is the shaft, suitably j ournaled in the bearingsff, and provided withthe crank j.

g is the pitman connecting the journal (Z on the cross-rod d with thejournal f 3 on the crank f of shaft f.

The parts thus far described form an ordi- (No model.)

nary type of vertical engine. Another pitman, 9, and its accompanyingparts, might be added on the other side of frame a, but the one shown issufficient to illustrate the application of my improved apparatus, whichhas for its object to provide for automatically lubricating theguide-blocks (Zin their ways 6 e, and the movable journals d and f ateither end of the pitman g.

The vessel or reservoir for holding a quantity of the lubricant is shownlocated just over the ways e e and alongside of the cylinder 1), andconsists of the body portion h and re movable cover h.

Located upon and rising from the floor of the reservoir 71 is thecentral hollow standard, k, and the two side standards, lok. The sidestandards, k 71;, are located above and in line with the ways 0 e, asclearly shown in Fig. 4:. Z is a rod which passes down through thecentral standard, 7:, and frame a, and projects a short distance belowsuch frame. It is provided with a knob or button, Z, at its lower end,between which and the frame a is the spiral spring Z Its upper end isscrew-threaded, and passes through a cross-beam, Z having at each endthe plungers Z", which pass down through the side standards, 7a In, toor nearly to their base.

Just above the lower ends of the plungers Z" Z*, when in their normalposition, as shown in Fig. 4, are the side passages, Z Z and below theplungers Z, and extending down through the frame a to the ways a e, arethe small passages Z Z.

The apparatus just described is intended for lubricating the ways 0 e,and is operated substantially as follows: The reservoir h is filled withthe lubricant and held therein as long as the rod Z and pluugers Z" Z*are in their normal position. \Vhen, however, the guideblock d ascendswith the piston rod 0. it strikes the button Z upon the rod Z, forcingit upward against the action of the spring Z.

The plungers Z Z rise with the rod Z above the line of the sidepassages,Z Ziand allow a small quantity of the lubricant to pass intoand down the small passages Z Z, from whence it passes down into theways 6 e on either side of the guide block (Z. As the guide block 01descends the action of the spring Z causes the plungers Z Z" to assumetheir former position, thus preventing a further escape of the lubricantuntil the next stroke of the piston.

The apparatus for lubricating the movable journals (Z and f 3 isarranged substantially as follows:

an (see Fig. 3) is a circular bracket, secured to the reservoir h by thearm m, having the central passage, m leading into the reservoir h. Uponthis bracket are located the vertical tubes m m provided with theopenings on at their base. The vertical tubes m which are of metal, areinclosed in a glass cylinder, a, seated in the bracket m,and having ametallic cap, a, over its upper end. The cap a is held in position bythe screw-bolts a, which pass through the cap and screw into thevertical tubes m".

0 0 are two plungers, located within the vertical tubes on. Theseplungers 0 0, when in their normal position, extend below the openingsat in the vertical tubes m 0 0 are spiral springs placed in the tubes m"above the plungers 0 0, to hold them in their normal position. The upperends of the plungers 0 0 have the projections 0 0 which act inconjunction with the thumb-screws 0 0 to regulate the throw of theplungers 0 0.

p p are two hollow depending projections in which the rods 2 p areadapted to be loosely reciprocated. These rods 19 have the slots 12 19through which pass the pins 12"p,nhich hold them from displacement inthe projections 191), but at tliesame time allow of verticalreciprocation. The rods p 1) extend up a short distance into therecesses 0 0 of the plungers 0 o, in which recesses are placed thespiral springs 0 r 1- are two oil-cups located upon the upper end of thepitman g, and in line with the two depending-rods p 1).

From the oil-cup r a passage, 0, (shown in dotted lines in Fig.2,) leadsto the journal d", and from the oil-cup 1" a tube, 1*", leads down alongthe pitman g to thejournal f at its lower end.

The operation of the device just described is as follows: The lubricantinthe reservoir h flows through passage m into the interior of the glasscasing a, surrounding the tubes m", and rising in the same to the levelof that in the reservoir, thus permitting the glass casing a to serve asa gage, to indicate the amount of lubricant in the reservoir. \Vhen thecups 1 '1" ascend with the upward stroke -of the piston, they strike thelower ends of the rods pp. These rods are thrown up against the springs0" in the plungers 0 0, which serve to raise the plungers 0 0 up pastthe opening m in the tubes m thus allowing a small quantity of thelubricant to flow down around the looselyiitting rods 1) 1). By the timethe cups 0- 1- return in the next succeeding stroke of the piston torepeat the operation just described a drop of the lubricant will becollected upon each lower end of the rods 1) p. As the cups r 1- againtouch the rods 1) 12 these drops of oil are taken up by the cups andconducted by their respective passages r and r to the journals d and fThis operation is repeated as often as there is a stroke of the piston.The spiral springs 0 0, against which the plungers o 0 are pressed intheir upward thrust, are stronger than the springs 0 0 within theplungers, and serve to return the plungers to their normal closedposition, as shown in Fig. 3, after the cups 1* r on the pitman g recededuring the downward stroke of the piston. hen it is found that thesupply of oil to the journals is too great, the quantity can bedecreased or shut off entirely for awhile by simply moving down thethumb-screws 0 0 closer to the projections 0 0 upon the plungers 0 0.\Vhen the quantity of oil to be fed is to be decreased,and when it is tobe shut off entirely, the screws 0 o are moved down until they come incontact with the projections 0 0*, when it will be impossible for theplungers 0 to rise. Any jarring of parts in this event will be preventedby the spiral springs 0 0".

I claim 1. As a means of lubricating the guideways of'a vertical engine,a reservoir for holding the lubricant located above the guideways andprovided with hollow standards suitably communicating with the surfacesof the guide ways, a spring-pressed rod passing from the interior of thereservoir down to the open space between the guideways to a positionwhere it can be raised by contactwith the reciprocating guide-block, andplunger secured to and moving with the spring-pressed rod and within thehollow standard, all combined and operating to feed the lubricant to theguideways, substantially as shown and described.

2. As a means of lubricating the movable journals at each end of thepitman, connecting the guide-block with the crank of the shaft of avertical engine, a reservoir for holding the lubricant, having within itthe same number of vertical tubes as there are journals to belubricated, such tubes being provided with openings at their bases intothe reservoir, spring-pressed plungers within each vertical tube,springpressed rods whose upper ends extend a short distance within thespringprcssed plungers, and whose lower ends extend below the reservoirto a point where they can be raised by the reciprocating pitman torelease the oil in the reservoir, and cups or receptacles upon the upperend of the pitman communicating with the journals at each end of suchpitman, such cups being adapted to receive and transmit the oil to thejournals, the whole combined and operated substantially as shown anddescribed.

3. In a vertical engine, the reservoir h, with its described mechanismfor lubricating the guideways, such mechanism being operated by theguideblocks, and the adjacent attached glass reservoir a serving as agage for the reservoir h, and having within it the mechanism shown anddescribed for lubricating the journals at either end of the pitman, suchmechanism being operated by the pitman. the whole arranged and combinedsubstantially as shown and described.

4'. The combination, with the reservoir h, having the central hollowstandard, it, and the side standards, 7r k, having the passages Z Z andZ Z, leading to the guideways e e, of the spring-pressed rod Z, adaptedto be operated by the guide-block d, and provided with the crossrod Z",and its plungers Z" Z, working in the standards 75k, substantially asshown and described, andfor the purpose stated.

5. The combination, with the hollow bracket m, and reservoir or, havingthe vertical tubes in m, provided with the openings in m at their bases,of the springpressed plunger-s 0 o, and

springpressed rods pp, having the slots p p, I

through which the pins p p pass, substantially as shown and described,and for the purpose stated.

6. In combination, the hollow bracket m and reservoir it, having thevertical tubes in m, provided with the openings m m at their bases, thethumbscrews 0 0 the plungers 0 0, with the projections o 0 and recesses0 0", the slotted rods 1) p, and the spiral Springs 0 0 and 0" 0, thewhole combined and oper- O ating with the pitinan to lubricate the journals at each end of such pitruan, substantially as shown anddescribed.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

ALEXANDER 'l. BALLANTINE.

Witnesses:

J. FRED. BEHN, W. T. MILLER.

